SUBSURFACE INTERNATIONAL CONTINUED FORMATION PRESSURE DATABASE The IHS Formation pressure database is a unique industry offering, providing the energy industry with access to quality controlled pressure data, which has been collated, reviewed and interpreted by in-house experts. The database contains details of subsurface pressure regimes, capturing formation pressures that are quality controlled from Wireline Formation Tests, Formation Tests While Drilling, DSTs and Kicks, along with fracture pressures from FIT/LOT and Lost Circulation events and finally mud pressures from operator reported mud weights used during the drilling of the well. The database has a number of applications, covering exploration, appraisal and exploitation situations, with the data being used to map fluid contacts, assess vertical/lateral seals, define hydrostatic gradients and better define high/ low pressure regimes. The data is critical for use in effectively 94 planning a well, i.e. mud programmes and well design and can assist in drilling a well safely and effectively. The database covers several countries in northwest Europe (UK, Ireland, Norway, Denmark & the Netherlands) along with the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Australia. The database is also a critical component for our joint venture pressure studies undertaken in collaboration with Ikon GeoPressure. These studies enable the industry to gain greater insight into regional pressure regimes (compartmentalization and distribution) and apply their understanding to better plan for unseen events. Further information on these studies can be found on the following IHS microsite: www.ihs.com/pressure Recent Enhancements · In 2013, IHS added 272 Wells in the UK, 59 in the Gulf of Mexico and 51 in Ireland. · We continued to make further enhancements to the database, based on customer feedback and industry trends. As a result the comments table was re-designed to include the source of the comments, i.e. Composite Log, EWR, etc and also assigned a category making it easier for users to filter for specific events, such as ‘well control’ issues, ‘borehole stability’ and ‘gradients’. Screenshots of Pressure database and WFT test profiles for interpretation
IHS Global Energy Information Review
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